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Good morning. Trade war troubles for China, a blow to the #MeToo movement in South Korea, and black market avocados in New Zealand. Here’s what you need to know:
• Uneasy in Beijing.
Friction with …

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Good morning. Trade war troubles for China, a blow to the #MeToo movement in South Korea, and black market avocados in New Zealand. Here’s what you need to know:
• Uneasy in Beijing.
Friction with …

As U.S. President Donald Trump's foreign and economic affairs spiral out of control, it's not hard to see why, with the volcano of diplomatic faux pas he's accumulated in just a year and a half in office.
On Tuesday, Foreign Minister Mevlüt …

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The Hundred Acre Wood will not be going to China.
Disney’s new live-action take on the Winnie the Pooh characters, “Christopher Robin”, will not be released in the Middle Kingdom. According to The Hollywood Reporter, which cites an anonymous source, China …

Slavia Prague’s first title in a decade forced even the most cynical supporters to admit that perhaps the club’s mysterious Chinese owners were not such a bad lot after all. A year later, and as the club are preparing for the Champions League return leg …

President Donald Trump’s desire to call world leaders at awkward hours is just one of many previously unreported diplomatic faux pas. | Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo
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The president has often perplexed foreign officials and his own aides as he …

China has denied Walt Disney Co’s request to screen “Christopher Robin” in the country, a movie that features the honey-loving bear Winnie the Pooh, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
It is unclear why the Chinese government denied the …

Home » Headlines » Q&A | Arnaldo Gonçalves: Political Science and International Relations Scholar | ‘The Greater Bay Area is an old project with a new name’
Political science and international relations expert Arnaldo Gonçalves, who is a visiting …

PRAGUE — When Xi Jinping became the first top Chinese leader to visit the Czech Republic, he was accompanied by a mysterious Chinese tycoon with big political ambitions, money to burn and strong ties to the Czech president.
Ye Jianming was the sole …

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Good morning. Facebook fends off trolls, Greece fights an uphill economic battle and a U.S. judge blocks blueprints for “ghost guns.”
Here’s the latest:
• Facebook announced that it had identified …

ROME — Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is a soft-spoken law professor who sticks to his scripted remarks and relishes his low profile. He shows less bravado and holds far less power than the other foreign leaders who have managed to win admiration …

Lately, the manners of the president of the United States have started to resemble a teenager acting out of frustration and panic. Trying to force the U.S. view of foreign policy on countries like China, Russia, Iran, Qatar and Turkey through sanctions or …

President Donald Trump said he was ready to impose tariffs on all $500 billion of goods the U.S. imports from China, remarks that sent financial markets retreating and threatened to escalate a trade clash with the Asian giant.
“We’re down a tremendous …

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has been asked to explore with its Chinese counterpart the possibility of China joining the International Solar Alliance (ISA), a move that could be instrumental in improving the access to solar …

In this age of uncertainty, few things are as sure as the inevitable rise of China. We hear about it everywhere we turn. How orderly and efficient China’s government is compared with the Washington clown show. How its airports gleam and its bullet trains …

COMMENT United States President Donald Trump doesn't like being told what he must or must not do. But his transactional approach to political relationships — I'll give you what you want after you give me what I want — says less about his attitudes …

COMMENT United States President Donald Trump doesn't like being told what he must or must not do. But his transactional approach to political relationships — I'll give you what you want after you give me what I want — says less about his attitudes …

Investigators in China have begun recalling defective vaccines produced by one of the country's drug-makers from domestic and overseas markets, health authorities said.
Investigators found Changchun Changsheng Life Sciences Ltd had blended expired …

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Look out Donald Trump, while you're not watching, China is quietly stealing a continent from you. And India may not be far behind.
Currently, the battle for supremacy on the African continent is being fought out between the leaders of …

Luanda, ANGOLA, August 12 - Angolan head of State João Lourenço is due to attend the SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government in Windhoek, Namibia, this month (August).
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His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa will tomorrow, 24 July 2018, host the President of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Mr Xi Jinping, at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. The State Visit takes place within the context of strengthening …

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Good afternoon to you all, ladies and gentlemen of the media,
I would like to recognise specifically our Acting Director-General, Amb Nkosi, my advisors present here today and all DIRCO senior managers.
The last time we met in this setting, …

Djibouti lies more than 2,500 miles from Sri Lanka but the East African country faces a predicament similar to what its peer across the sea confronted last year: It has borrowed more money from China than it can pay back.
In both countries, the money went …

President Xi Jinping returned to Beijing on July 29 after state visits to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Senegal, Rwanda and South Africa.
During his stay in South Africa, Xi attended the 10th BRICS summit in Johannesburg. He also paid a friendly visit …

ANGOLA, July 29 - Upon arrival in the country, the Head of State received warm greetings from the Vice-President of the Republic, Bornito de Sousa, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, the governor of Luanda, Adriano …

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Wildfires are a national tragedy that can’t leave anyone indifferent
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, USA, August 14, 2018 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- A huge number of TV viewers in the US and around the world watch with great interest the TV show "Shark Tank …

The most dynamic feature of this resolution is that it will fund the veterans’ programs and services in perpetuity AT NO COST TO MICHIGAN TAXPAYERS.
LANSING, MI, UNITED STATES, August 14, 2018 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- New Opportunities to help …

32,763 involuntary examinations were initiated on children during 2016-2017 according to a report recently released by the Baker Act Reporting Center.
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES, August 14, 2018 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Citizens …

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On 30 July 2018, UK Visas and Immigration’s Visa Application Centre (VAC) in Freetown moved to a new premises. Customers making a new application should attend their appointment at the new VAC. Customers who have still to collect their …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia , Aug. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) seeks a media monitoring company. The purpose of this solicitation is to find a company to effectively monitor the full range of media in …

LATHAM, N.Y., Aug. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG), a leader in providing energy solutions that change the way the world moves, announced that its CEO, Andy Marsh, has been named to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen …

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The National Assembly is returning from its constituency programme on 14 August, with a number of committees scheduled to meet on a wide range of business. The National Council of Provinces, which returned from constituency work at the end …

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Joint Communique on The Occasion of the Working Visit of The South African President to The Democratic Republic of Congo:
1. His Excellency Joseph KABILA KABANGE, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, received His Excellency Cyril …

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As part of Canada’s commitment to strengthen ties with Africa and to work with the continent to help address the challenges it faces, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development, will travel to Sierra Leone and …

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EXX Africa (www.EXXAfrica.com) published a special report on the arms trade in the Horn of Africa. The trade of illegal weapons in the Horn of Africa remains highly lucrative and is comprehensively entwined with transnational terrorist …

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The Council has transposed UN Security Council resolution 2428 (2018) which notably imposes an arms embargo and adds two persons to the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures.
The EU already had an arms embargo in place …

An Australian startup has produced an App that can help Cities send citizens relevant alerts
SYDNEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA, August 10, 2018 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- An Australian startup has produced an App that can help Cities send citizens relevant …

Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Past performance is crucial towards winning federal contracts and you can only obtain it through working with the government. However, many newcomers to the federal marketplace have been faced with this …

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Peace Corps Swearing-In Ceremony:
It is my pleasure to welcome you all here today for the official swearing-in ceremony of 61 Americans as Peace Corps Volunteers. Tomorrow they formally begin their Peace Corps service with the Ministry of …

DC had over 300 overdose ambulance calls over a 10 day period recently from Synthetic drugs. Drug Free World synthetic booklets help police and youth.
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The European Union Delegation, the Heads of Mission of EU Member States present in Harare* and the Heads of Mission of Australia, Canada, and the United States of America issue the following statement in Zimbabwe:
The Heads of Mission of the …

New book says the US is losing military supremacy
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, USA, August 9, 2018 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Russia has just announced that it intends to add 26 new ships to its Navy—only the latest in a string of military announcements that …